Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-07

heaviest pair Of cattle shown were Whites
1900 oxen, but W. f. Richardson's were
about the same weight.
d. 5. Pratt exhibited a beautiful herd of
thoroughbred Durham Shorthorns, also a
handsome Jersey heifer Among the for
mer was his handsome Rosa Princess COW
that has given 80 lbs Of milk i'm "a hours
His two years old bull, Grand Duke. wore
the red ribbon, also the COW and the Jersey
heifer, and the rest Of the herd was plenti.
fully decorated with ribbons Including the
premiums on sheep, swine, etc, Mr.. Pratt
took nine red ribbons.
f. NJ. Waite was the exhibitor of "A grode
herd for which he took the best premium
The herd Of II. @. Clark was next IN
Waltes in the favor Of the judges d. NJ.
Barber had fine herd of grades for some
OF which he took first premiums in other
classes, and the third premium for the herd
Other exhibitors Of grade herds we're NJ r
Robbins, Eugene Akley-and o. H. Miner.
"A herd Of grade cows.
H. I, Cushman q Sons, Bernardston
MASS showed good two years old grade
bull, #. f. Thayer, bull calf. 8 months /
A. Miller, bull two years old and calf
Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernsevs ,yere
well represented w. A. Russell of Bel
lows Falls exhibited herd Of II of the best
specimens of llolstein cattle that we have
ever seen. They were round, smooth and
wen formed, almost entirely free from the
projecting hip bones, and conrseness that
characterizes some strains of this breed
Ills three years old bull was "A rnonstar in
SIZE, but handsome aud finely proportioned
me two years old heifers were of very
large SIZE and showed extra milking auali-
Uies MIR. Russell took nearly all the pre-
NUNS for thoroughbred Holsteins A few
other thoroughbred Holsteins were shown
by other parties and considerable number
oil grades. Among the exhibitors Of pre-
mum grade Holsteins were o. L. Miner
w. T. Gates, A. S. Russell l.. A. Richard
son, X. q. Wood, C. A. Mason. and f. A.
Sergeant. II. G. Clark also showed grade
liolstelns. +. A. Sargeants COW got red
ribbon
There were large number of JERSEYS.
| tiuernseys and their grades. II. j Rich
mond, of the Guilford Springs farm, show
ed large herd Of thoroughbred registered
Jerseys including cows, heifers and several
bulls. They were fine animals " their kind
II. w. Simonds, also Of Guilford. had a
herd of Jerseys Of a noted strain. Some Of
the herd had been sold, it was claimed. at
startling high prices, up among the hun
| ureds ana one Of their near relatives at
| 81 900.
W. fe = anu Elh 'lt btIAtNh were also quite
plentliully sprinkled in among the stock
shown by others
The principal exhibitors Of Guernseys
were John NJ McQuaide of the Bradley
farm and J. C. Newton. Each of these
had large herd Of fine representatives Of
this breed. few other Guernseys and
grades were shown by others.
There was an exciting and long -contin
ued contest in the trial Of draft oxen, which
was witnessed by several thousand people
1t begun early Wednesday afternoon and
concluded at about o'clock. la the light
weights less than 1000 los > there were
only two pair competing, Fred Waite's
Day Twins, weighing 2yiO pounds. NOV
ed the heavier load, and took the first prize.
The weight Of the Long oxen, which took
the second prize, was not marked. but it
was estimated to be considerably above the
weight Of the Twins. " hich drew a lual of
6J5J pounds. There were nine connection,
for the prizes offered lSlUOJ in the Omen t.
all class. Geo. Clarks yoke won the first
money by drawing a load Of $3.50 pounds.
Fred Waite's scoring 100 pounds less.
There was good show of sheep, but it
was not quite rs large as in other kinds of
live stock. They we're mostly Soutbdowns
and coarse wool, the Merinos being repre-
| sented 10y only three or four specimens. but
these were good ones shown hv Henry
Crawford Of Putney. d. ) Pratt had sew
ernl pens of nice SOuthdowns, r. J. Holton
bins number Of Iart,e Sontbjo,,n hroLs
Coarse wool sheen we're shown L,. ~
Bennett of Dumm4rstnn and Is, d. l.;
Richardson. Chas. Harris exhibited n tLr..
years old Southdown buck tina, u.i,,Lsl
200 pounds. W W Rail If W,ncha9t.r
y. ii a Sbrop.hire bucL ~ g,n 49,
weight. another of 2lO and ynarI;,,1,
weighing $50 e
Swine were shown by eight mr. ten s,bih.
itors. Among them Iys,,, some en,r,nn,,s
porkers from the VI AsvIun n,, a,,.,..I
for premiums. Hug, .t.rs.1 r,1s 60,
shown by W. +. Richardson O r War
was the happy owner az a Iar,,o Gu.
white boar. 4 fine litter Of ynrt sb;ra 49,
with SOW. was shown nv q Frs, az u
non also by n q CIsrt AL a. = p;,L
ardson of Brattleboro. anil II : pr.t,
showed Poland China swine ali ,,,r,I,. ~
mention The committee recommend a dir.
ferent distribution nf nrsuiun,s a., -.
at future fairs.
tn.
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The exhibition Of stations, Thursday
morning brought out some fine animals
ouI' teen entries We're made IN this depart
,ient' among the exhibitors being j. f.
' r' 'eIiaii OF Coieralne, Mass, +. ). Hagar
Oh ufeenheld, John Wimot of Bellows Falls,
iehrE Crawford Of futney, q. W. Leach
VI mL,"hguoh, ~ H. and others.
me nay stallion ~ ulture, entered by
H. L. SiSson OF Amherst, Mass, and owned
"y W. II. Ripley, Is an unusually handsome
amman ana was much admired 10y the horse
men present lie has most promising quail /
tieS ana Is expected to show great speed |
smith he bv v'im",.,., "S e sue' oy 'ioid- |
mare, and is now eight wears ola
4 2years-old Arstos colt. the prouerty
of W. Ii. Wilworth Of Bellows Falls. WAS /
driven ON the track i'm "A sulkv b.t,y.., /
some of the heats ON Thursday nftsru,,n /
and was pronounced by the horsenen ,,r.s,
ent one Of the finest specimens of bnrse.
flesh Of his age which thew had seen Tba /
colt was sired by Aristos and is IA grandson |
of the well known Daniel Lambert
The exhibit of draft horses occuuied con
siderable time and interest. OF IN. baayy-
weight class lover 22OM ont of sev.n co;,.
testants, Z. f. Stockwelrs teams carried az.
erything before them. OF the Gybt -,yai,hts
+. NJ. Yates pair took first money and a
Mellen's second
The gentemens' and ladies' dr;vin,, olas
SEES were features of interest and the show
Oh matched pairs included several fine ex-
hl6its, notable among which were c. p
uilson's twin horses.
One Of the most attractive features or
,,i nI' s'iay was tne grand cayalcade which
patel in nv ovap ~ I.jia,, anu was Partlcl-
bnndsnn,sI. ,no,,,,t,,J "'' gentlemen
track in f6e styIs In h,,,. - aIIuhu Tue
Minnie naarhocn and NJ ' W MISS
yere concedad th. hi,'balt iionIE Or"soy
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